The Coal Speaker

Thursday, April 4, 2013

I received this message earlier today

It was in response to my posts all day regarding North Korea.. Valid points are asserted, however. Read along:

Well the US has to treat the threats with some sort of seriousness. A threat is a threat, but it is really not one they should have children hearing about and scared of because as of right now nothing is going to come out of this.The fact that there are US military on the 38th parallel is no new thing, they have been there ready for attack since the seize fire with the Korean War. Actually, we are technically still in the Korean war since no peace treaty was signed, it’s just a seize fire. Plus I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if the North Korean troops started surrendering as soon as we would start an attack. Lots of North Koreans are scared to speak out against their country since it means an immediate sentence for them and their whole family to prison camps. In previous wars, like the Iraq war, the conditions in the country are full of so much suck that the soldier surrender immediately hoping that if they aren’t immediately killed, that they will be given asylum in America. It can be expected that much of the same would happen in Korea since even their Army is starving and the wealthiest in the capital still have to abide to food rations. It’s just a terrible situation for the North Koreans. They really have no chance, I just hope if and when something breaks out we do something for the innocent victims living in North Korea, it is so sad. Watch some of the Korean documentaries on Netflix if you have it like Camp 14.

Pentagon activates missile defense shield

I still wonder what is Dennis Rodman thinking. And what the hell was he thinking in this picture?

Film critic Roger Ebert has died, according to his newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times.

Breaking news alert

Time Magazine in 1994 said that Kim Jong Il ‘may be more dangerous than Saddam.’

That certainly turned out to be true..

By the way, in 1994, Kim Jong Un was probably about 8 or 9 years old. And his dad was on TIME.

How did we get here.. a little bit of a history:

North Korea’s road to nuclear weapons

Chronology of US and North Korean missile diplomacy

Intercepted communications in recent days indicate that North Korea could be planning to launch a mobile ballistic missile in the coming days or weeks, a U.S. official tells CNN.

CNN news alert

A North Korea update

THE GOD OF WAR IS IN THE SKY..

The United States is sending US missile defense to Guam..

American troops are ready at the border

Two North Korean subs “disappear’.. South lost contact days ago..

"Moment of explosion" near..

Congressman Peter King argues to pre-emptive strike!

China building up at the North Korean border.. tanks and troops..

North Korea’s Twitter account hacked..

What does China think?

Now North Korea is prepping long range missiles..

Russian experts seens the North and South on the brink of war..

North Korean missiles on the move.. but threat seen as ‘limited’..

"Real and present danger"

you are really some form of idiot if you think america should be preparing for world war 3 with Korea, NO ONE will back North Korea in a war, not even China, their kind of friend. Do your research on Korea's current state, their nuclear capability, and the history of bomb threats from them in the past and you will feel silly that you ever worried. It seriously isn't that big of a deal. This isn't supposed to be an aggressive message, btw. Just don't worry about north korea

Thanks for ‘calming’ me down I suppose.

While I am not worried, it’s certainly interesting to think that back in 1991, children were being told in classrooms that there is no concern of Iraqi missiles hitting the United States mainland. Children were fearful of it then.. But in 2013, we don’t really talk about how North Korean missiles will not reach the United States. Should we not be telling our kids the same thing today that we did then?

While I am certainly a ‘form of an idiot’ I don’t know what form I take. And you may turn out to be 110% correct that North Korea cannot do anything right. While they cannot feed their population they can now launch some missiles and tests that surprised experts in 2012. (While their famines have not helped, the United States and UN embargoes on them certainly have aided in them not being able to eat)

And finally, this is not meant to be an aggressive response, I certainly appreciate your message. But I ask this.. if the United States should not be preparing for war, why does it somehow seem we are? Missiles to Guam? Chinese troops on the border .. American troops on the 38th parallel. All getting ready. For what?

Maybe for nothing. Maybe it’s all a game. A chess match.

But somehow a chess match has to end, right? Either with blink.. or brink.

I often feel silly worrying about the things I do. In this circumstance, I certainly hope I’ll feel silly about Lil Kim .. So far I only feel silly about Dennis Rodman being in North Korea.

But if someone like Peter King gets his way, we could be at war due to our own actions and not Pyongyang. That worries me, too.

Amazing how we are prepping for war.. but no one is talking about any possibility of war. Are schools ready telling children not to worry? Are we getting cash out of banks? Are we stocking up with water? It’s amazing that such threats are being hurled by North Korea, and how the United States military is beefing up personnel and the machinery of war.. yet on the homeland from coast to coast we are talking about a college basketball player’s broken leg, another Carnival Cruise ship story, and gun control.. spattered in there is gay marriage. We are not mentally being prepped for anything.. so if something actually occurs, if a strike actually happens, Americans will be surprised and shocked. Is this any way to conduct a build up to a potential world war 3?? Again.. no on ever said that living through history meant you’d enjoy it..

Stay tuned for more.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Is David Letterman's time coming to an end on CBS!?

The late night wars indeed.

And you thought Korea was getting tense..

Is David Letterman's time coming to an end on CBS!?

AFP: N. Korea approves nuclear strike on US

Well now … Here we go…

AFP: N. Korea approves nuclear strike on US

Stroll down amnesia lane

So I looked at yearbooks from my past last night. Amazing how much changes, isn’t it? I read some of the words people wrote in my yearbook.. Pages aren’t yellowing yet but they sure feel older than ever..

From yearbooks to Facebook.
The old days to the modern age.

I’d love a chance to relive a few events.. but maybe not all.